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4 PEOPLERAZZI KENYA’S No. 1 FREE NEWSPAPER 15 years with HIV and counting... Man infected with virus by ‘sponsor’ advises everyone to take a test because ‘healthy’ appearance may be deceiving If you still live in the past when HIV/ Aids used to be a death sentence, you may need a counselling session with Klarm (not is real name), who proudly tells his 15 years with the virus. The handsome, baby-faced 41-yearold, confesses to have been infected with HIV by a woman who sponsored his secondary education. Klarm is from a poor background. He struggled with his education in a rural primary school and after his KCPE exams was admitted to Form One in one of the then provincial (now extra-county) schools, but was not able to join the school due to lack of fees. He ended up in a village day school. Even then, he was not able to go past the first year. Poverty in the family forced him to drop out. His cousin could soon start the long journey of hunting for a well-wisher to sponsor his education. Luckily, they landed one—a woman—whom they were to meet at a local hotel. The cousin accompanied him but was to shortly leave for another appointment when the sponsor took longer than expected. Klarm waited until late night when the woman called him to the hotel room. On entering, a naked he found wom- an lying leisurely on the bed. She beckoned him in and offered a seat adjacent to the bed. Next? The conditions for the spon- sorship, which included never dating a girl, never transferring from the school he was going to join, and spending all weekends together (with the sponsor). After persuasions, they spent that night together. By the following morning the spon- sor—10 years Klarm’s senior—tipped him Sh4,000 “for a new pair of clothes and other necessities”. Demands of sponsor Later that week, the poor boy was admitted to a school that best met the demands of the sponsor. Klarm says the woman faithfully met her part of the bargain—she promptly paid school fees and met all other expenses. However, as he prepared to take his Form Four exams, the sponsor disappeared, but there was no much reason for worry; after all she had left him enough money for personal needs. After KCSE exams Klarm moved to another town to start a life—eke out a living and marry, perhaps. One day, on visiting the hotel they used to frequent with the sponsor, a staff told him the story of the woman— that she had passed on and her husband declined to inter her remains, claiming she had left him with the ‘burden on managing HIV/Aids’. Klarm dismissed the claims and “at- tributed her death to witchcraft”. She used to talk of witchcraft very often, he said. Days later, Klarm got married but four years on, the wife died after oneyear of illness. They had no child together. He re- married a single mother of two, who sooner than later began to show similar symptoms. They took the bold step— to establish their HIV status and both tested positive. He says after a couple of months, he overcame the stigma associated with his new health status and decided to make it public. After a decade of “responsible, posi- tive living”, Klarm encourages everyone to test for HIV because that “healthy appearance” can deceive! -As told to Robert Onsare Halloween attire scares residents by John Kurgat @PeopleDailyKay Three brothers visiting the village recently, sent residents of Cheboiywo in Uasin Gishu county running for dear lives after they decided to take a stroll at night in their Halloween costumes.Having been brought up in the affluent Karen Estate in Nairobi, and being die-hard funs of Rock music, the trio decided to import their ‘Western obsession’ to the village sending widespread scare and even attracting the attention of the local administration. Their red masks and shinny metallic costumes were enough for the ‘village wire’, a know-it-all bachelor, to proclaim the presence of three blood-dripping ghosts in the village. It took the intervention of the sus- pected ‘ghosts’s’ mother to explain in a not-very-easy language what Halloween really meant. The three have now become a local attraction days after they left the village. 0730144132/0709824132 STORIES FROM THE PEOPLE. CALL... If you’ve got an interesting story or a personal experience you would like to share out, send it to the [email protected] It stands a chance to be published Email: [email protected] SMS: 20001 Tuesday, October 14, 2014 / PEOPLE DAILY 4 PEOPLER 4 PEOPLER 4 PEOPLER 4 PEOPLER 4 PEOPLER 4 PEOPLER 4 PEOPLER 4 PEOPLER